1792 – Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Downpatrick, Co. Down
The cathedral incorporates parts of the 13th-century church of the Benedictine Abbey of Down.
The cathedral incorporates parts of the 13th-century church of the Benedictine Abbey of Down.
Originally built for Col. Sir Dudley Hill by Thomas A. Cobden, later the architect of the nearby Roman Catholic Cathedral.
Gatehouse, presumed to have been designed by Cobden who designed much of the college buildings.
In his book A Guide to Irish Country Houses Mark Bence-Jones describes Duckett’s Grove as a “square house of two and three storeys,
The construction of Carlow Cathedral started in 1826 under the supervision of the architect Joseph Lynch who was succeeded by the architect Thomas Cobden in 1829 who changed the design.
Mainly attributed to Thomas A. Cobden on the basis that the parish priest of the time of construction was the administrator of Carlow during the construction of the cathedral there.
Started in 1839 by General Robert Browne-Clayton as a memorial to his late commander Sir Ralph Abercromby,